That's odd. Changing the soundKeepDevice shouldn't effect anything if Director is the only application with an active sound source at the time.
Both .mp3 & .wav use the same output device. You can determine which device it is from the message window by using 'put the soundDevice'. IMPORTANT NOTE: sound playFile was declared obsolete as of d8 (or maybe even d702). This could be a contribution to your problem - you may have found a bug with sound playFile in one of the newer flavors of Windows. Which Windows OS are you running? Instead of sound playFile, one should use linked sound members (or placeholders, as necessary) & use puppetSound or sound().play() to play files off disc instead. hth -Buzz At 9:49 PM +0100 4/8/02, you wrote: >Cheers Howdy!, >Yes I am using windows and that did the trick. > >Wobbly > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Howdy-Tzi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 3:57 PM >Subject: Re: <lingo-l> play soundfile problems > > >> At 14:14 +0100 04/08/2002, Wobbly wrote: >> >> >Using sound playfile, I can play external MP3 files but not WAV. My copy >of >> >Rosenzweig "using director 8". says it will work with WAV, some of the >> >examples I have looked at show wav files as the target. what am I doing >> >wrong?? >> >> If this is Windows have you tried killing soundKeepDevice on startMovie?: >> >> on startMovie >> the soundKeepDevice = FALSE >> END startMovie >> >> Only one sound driver on the designed-and-used-by-geniuses Windows >> platform can be in use at ay time, and Director seems to be a little >> slow on the uptake when it comes to surrendering one so another can >> load. Since MP3 and WAV surely use different mix outs, this might do >> the trick for you. >> >> -- >> >> Warren Ockrassa | http://www.nightwares.com/ >> Director help | Free files | Sample chapters | Freelance | Consulting >> Author | Director 8.5 Shockwave Studio: A Beginner's Guide >> Published by Osborne/McGraw-Hill >> http://www.osborne.com/indexes/beginners_guides.shtml >> [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to >http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is >for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!] > > >--- >Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. >Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). >Version: 6.0.343 / Virus Database: 190 - Release Date: 22/03/2002 > >[To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go >to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the >list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email >[EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with >programming Lingo. Thanks!] [To remove yourself from this list, or to change to digest mode, go to http://www.penworks.com/lingo-l.cgi To post messages to the list, email [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Problems, email [EMAIL PROTECTED]). Lingo-L is for learning and helping with programming Lingo. Thanks!]
